Summary:
Aware the party might not risk the “embarrassment” of fielding a Vyapam accused, posters of his younger brother Praveen were also put up. He managed to reduce the margin of defeat by half, but still it was a convincing 14.16%. After bail, he tried to reposition himself by putting up his posters in residential area of Chuna Bhatti and a few more localities. Yadav was a surprise selection for many, but in the election fought undder the leadership of Suresh Pachouri, such selections had been in plenty.In subsequent election, Congress went to poll with Sanjeev Saxena, who had rebelled against the party in the previous election. Several parts of the constituency were merged with the newly-carvedBhopal (Central), Narela and Huzur constituency.While such drastic changes swept the constituency, there remained one constant— Umashankar Gupta — BJP MLA representing the seat..